[Gambas-user] Gambas Future or what kind of Gambas we want.

[Kevin Fishburne]

On 11/01/2013 12:19 PM, PICCORO McKAY Lenz wrote:
> well, theres some point that end in a double-edged sword
>
> there's sense to ported to BSD, maebo, firefox-os,but if we make
> software for non-free
> systems, i see that most free projects in net the binaries for OSX or
> Guindows are more
> downloaded rather than the binaries for FOSS like linux, maebo, BSD,
> etc etc, so then this its
> a double-edged sword
>
> those that makes free software for non-free systems are hipocrit due
> made more relatiable these non-free systems
>
> think about it: oh i have gambas for guindows, so why installing
> complete os linux? nahhh
> then install "w2008R2 super dupper edition ultimate corporate with all stuff"
> and that's all .. no funny mens
>

While that's true, it depends on your perspective, or, your intentions 
as a GAMBAS developer. Most developers, especially in the open source 
world, just want their application to be the best possible and to be 
accessible to and used by the most people possible. People like RMS on 
the other hand allow philosophy and politics to affect the landscape, 
sometimes to their own detriment. If you get too "religious" about a 
project you can end up shooting yourself in the face by accident.

Most users aren't technically savvy enough to migrate their OS to Linux 
or set up a dual-boot scenario. They don't understand or care about the 
open source philosophy, and while it's important to me, I don't think it 
NEEDS to be important to other people. Everyone uses computers now; 
kids, grandmas, police, firemen, lumberjacks, whatever. I don't think 
they all need to be worried about changing OS's because a handful of 
programs they want to use only work on Linux.

Linux will have its day on the desktop; it will have it's appropriate 
market share (33% to be fair at this point), but I don't think it will 
be from application platform exclusivity.

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